Re: @Wellyboot - Chinese Law
it's better to have a sane dictatorship
The problem with those is that they very rarely stay that way (especially on historical timescales - you might get a Vespasian followed by a Domitian[1]..).
In fact, history is littered with examples of 'good' autocratic rulers being followed by very, very bad ones.
[1] Yes - I know he was followed by Titus but he didn't last very long (a process possibly hastened by Domitian)